Chapter 269: The War of the Aliens (10)

A dull rumble of thunder exploded from deep within the tree canopy, and the rainstorm arrived right on schedule, scouring the layers upon layers of leaves in the forest. The massive sound of the impact stimulated the Alien creatures' auditory organs, but their Yajian actively engaged in noise reduction, and Luo Qi soon felt comfortable again.

The Queen paid no mind to the rainstorm; in her territory, the rainstorm made her comfortable as well. The rainwater washed over her black body, and her carapace shone as it was rinsed by the rain. The first-rank clansmen closest to the Queen gathered around her from all directions; there were about fifty of them, most of them male, and Luo Qi knew there were also some without gender. Those without gender were still young, and as Luo Qi thought about it now, those slightly smaller Aliens might not be female, but adolescents.

In ant colonies and beehives, there is usually only one queen, and their more important responsibility is to pass on genetic material. Luo Qi increasingly felt that the Alien creature colony was similar to this situation. When the Queen grew old, those adolescents who had not yet undergone gender differentiation would surely produce a female at the appropriate time. Perhaps several females, and a new queen would be born among them.

This Queen was currently in her prime; she had strength, experience, and secrets. Her secrets were in her deep consciousness, and Luo Qi had not yet gone to peel open her heart. As far as Telepaths go, the Alien type of Telepathy was extremely complex. The Queen's feet landed on the slippery branches, and she walked steadily, thoughts turning in her mind from time to time. She rarely stepped on the ground; the earth was impure, and only slaughter should take place on the ground—the earth was her battlefield.

The thunder grew gradually more frequent, exploding incessantly above their heads. Luo Qi felt a bit nervous. In the world of the Alien creatures, the world was more detailed than the scenes Luo Qi was accustomed to; he could simultaneously see water droplets rolling off the tips of leaves, insects flying in the air, and even pollen scattered in the wind. Those were glowing pollen, and a thought that occasionally crossed the Queen's mind let Luo Qi know that those flowers would bloom at midnight and drift away with the wind at dawn. If one sucked the nectar from the flowers at midnight, one would sleep sweetly for three days and three nights, filled with incomparable joy.

Luo Qi remembered when grapes ripened, humans would also make wine, revel to their hearts' content, and then sleep sweetly. He felt a bit uneasy; if time were given to the Alien creatures, would they develop a modern civilization like humans? However, he could not say for sure; with these hunters in existence, humans would never have had the chance to develop into the masters of this world.

The Queen made a "gesture," and all the Alien creatures stopped. Luo Qi discovered that the Alien creatures, who always looked insidiously silent in the real world, were constantly engaged in rich communication in the spiritual world. From a certain perspective, the connection between them was tighter because it could not be concealed, could not be lied about, and they had only one choice among them: loyalty. It was hard to say whether such a social colony was good or bad. In fact, it was likely somewhat beautiful; the world composed of these ugly and terrifying-looking creatures was actually closer to Eden. Humans, including Mage humans and ordinary humans, generally praised virtues that these Aliens all possessed—this was truly a bit funny.

It was just that, Luo Qi thought to himself, it was just that they were a socialized machine; they only had a collective, only a common will, no individuals, no differences, no diversity, and no self.

Lying—sorry, Luo Qi still preferred this trait of his own.

Luo Qi's Yajian looked into the distance and discovered that they were standing at the edge of a clearing in the forest. Luo Qi was very surprised because this clearing was a regular circle, with an area roughly equivalent to the Forbidden City. Looking down from the trees, which were already on high ground, one could just see that this treeless meadow was a perfect circle.

Luo Qi looked at the center of the circle, where there was an artificial structure. Luo Qi did not know how to describe it, but that thing definitely did not grow out of the ground; it was a Pyramid.